Vital Mtb - Speaking Of Mountain Biking

Welcome mountain bikers! We are stoked to present an interview with Andrew Neethling. He's a man known for his style and fluidity on a bike with a consistent and decorated downhill race career. Since retiring from the race scene, Andrew remains involved in mountain biking as a rider for Scott Sports and a commentator for Crankworx live webcasts. He's also started his own MTB podcast called Moving the Needle, so be sure to give it a listen!*Needles* and I go on for nearly two hours, and I wish we could have gone on for two hours longer! His knowledge and experience within our sport is second-to-none and the interview was a pleasure for me.The Inside Line is brought to you by Jenson USA. If you or your mountain bike needs to be freshened up for the trails as lockdowns start to lift, JensonUSA.com has the best products at the best prices. use coupon code insideline at checkout, and receive 10% off qualifying items, too. Thanks Jenson!If you go to VitalMTB.com and search our product guide for Maxxis, yo

Welcome mountain bikers! In this special Tech Talk episode of The Inside Line podcast, we dive deep into the world of carbon composites used in mountain biking. Vital MTB's Brandon Turman is joined remotely by Nic McCrae, the R&D Manager and Senior Composites Engineer at Santa Cruz Bicycles.Nic's insightful words will help you learn the basics of how a carbon frame gets made, dispel some myths, and shine a light on some of the projects that happen in the Santa Cruz Carbon Lab.Among other work, Nic played a large role in the creation of Reserve Carbon wheels and a custom full-carbon trials bike for Danny MacAskill.If you need a new helmet as the season ramps up, go to JensonUSA.com. They have a big helmet sale going right now with savings up to 67% on protection for your dome. As always, with Jenson USA, if you use coupon code insideline at checkout, you can receive 10% off qualifying items.Maxxis Tires has introduced XC Wide Trail tire spec for their Aspen and Rekon Race tires. The 29 x 2.4-inch

We are pleased as punch to sit down with a man who's own personal history is so interwoven with the history of our sport. Howie Zink has a deep and rich relationship with mountain biking. Beyond being the older brother to freeride icon, Cameron Zink, Howie has his own stories of globe-trotting exploits, brushes with greatness and heartbreak. Listen in as Howie walks us through his journey from riding his dad's mountain bikes to heading the US division of Pyga Mountain Bikes. Along the way, he recalls a junior Sam Hill, how he was beaten by Wade Simmons at Crankworx and defeated Brandon Semenuk in a video contest. Howie is a proud father, a businessman and a mountain biker and we hope you appreciate his story as much as we did.Thank you - Jenson USAUse code INSIDELINE and get 10% off select itemsHit up the Revive Your Ride sale at jensonusa.com, a long-time supporter of The Inside Line. Riding season is right around the corner, so get dialed!Thank you - Maxxis TiresA big shout out goes to Maxxis tire

The current Downhill Mountain Bike World Champion and World Cup DH overall winner, Loic Bruni, continues his Outspoken interview series in 2020. Despite the disruption to the racing schedule due to Coronavirus, Loic gets the last World Cup DH race winner, Danny Hart, on the line. Danny won the World Cup Downhill race at Snowshoe, West Virginia, last season and has a string of other strong performances throughout his career like a 2016 World Championships victory, as well as the unforgettable winning run at the 2011 World Champs in Champery.Two of the greatest mountain bike racers on the planet bring a unique perspective to their discussion as they talk about racing, bike setup, success, family and what it takes to win.Thanks to Fox MTB for supporting the series

Welcome mountain bikers. thanks for tuning in to Vital MTB’s The Inside Line podcast. We pushed back our episode a day, so it didn’t land on April 1st. Our guest today is Dan Hallada, co-founder of Cushcore. Kyle Warner sat down with him at the Sedona Mountain Bike Festival before all the Corona chaos, and the discussion is inspiring and enlightening. It’s really crazy to think about how quickly tire inserts have taken our MTB world by storm and without a doubt, Cushcore is at the front of that movement.Jenson USA has a Speed into Spring sale going on now through April 19th with some big savings on Specialized products and gear. And, as always, use coupon code insideline at checkout and receive 10% off qualifying items.Maxxis tires has supported The Inside Line since day 1, and they make the best tires for your mountain bike schralping needs. If your bike needs some spice, there’s nothing better than a new pair of Maxxis tires to bring it back to life.And finally, before getting into the show, don’t forget ab

Vital's Brandon Turman checks in with Guerrilla Gravity to discuss how the Coronavirus is impacting their US-made mountain bike production. This conversation was recorded on March 18, 2020.Thank you - Maxxis TiresThank you - Jenson USAThank you - The Paydirt Fund

Welcome mountain bikers! As our guest today just said in an email, "I'm stoked to bring something positive to people's day." Nate Hills, the man behind #followcamfriday is way more than just a POV celebrity. He has a long riding and racing history that blossomed into an "ambassador" career. Nate and Kyle Warner got together at the Sedona Mountain Bike Festival to discuss how Nate arrived at his current position, hitting on Colorado MTB race history, trail stewardship, developing his YouTube channel, and what it means to be an approachable person on the scene. Nate defines himself as a mountain biker, not a just a YouTuber. For the bike nerds, we get some insight into his bike build and setup, too.Thank you, Jenson USA for being a supporter of The Inside line since the beginning. Nate rides Yeti mountain bikes and you can get Yeti at Jensonusa.com. Use coupon code InsideLine at checkout and get 10% off qualifying items.You can see Nate on YouTube channel running Maxxis Tires on hi

Has MTB design peaked? Can we really get better mountain bikes that what we have now? This week The Inside Listeners give their feedback on whether mountain bike design is as good as it gets. For our next topic, we want to know your best mountain bike-related tips, tricks, techniques and hacks for maintenance, for riding, for trailside repair or safety and security. It’s a broad topic, but we know you all have some secret tricks or tools or techniques that could make everyone’s lives a little easier. Sky's the limit on what you can shareShare your best MTB-related hacksEmail your audio (preferred) or written responses to sspomer@vitalmtb.com by March 22nd and we'll air them on our March 26th show.Thank you - Maxxis TiresThank you - Jenson USAThank you - The Paydirt Fund

What started out as an addiction to racing downhill mountain bikes turned into a career of building and designing competitive bikes and suspension platforms. Chris Canfield, who just happens to be a current Masters World Champion DH racer, created the CBF suspension platform found on Revel Bikes and Canfield Bikes. He and Kyle Warner go into some epic history about Canfield Brothers bikes and the early Big Fat Fatty Fat downhill bike, the hustling involved with running a bike brand, his racing career and his take on mountain bike suspension design. It's an informative and exciting show this week!This week's Inside Line Listener Response question: Is Mountain Bike Design as Good as it gets? Can bikes get any better?Email your audio or written responses to sspomer@vitalmtb.com by March 8th and we'll air them on our March 11th show.Learn more about Chris Canfield and Suspension FormulasThank you - Maxxis TiresThank you - Jenson USAThank you - The Paydirt Fund

Welcome mountain bikers! Thanks for tuning in to The Inside Line podcast. If you’ve been listening, you know that I've taken a stab at getting direct feedback from you, the listener, and I’m really stoked with how it’s taken off. As a result, I’ve decided to split up the alternating weeks with our normal guest interviews while adding shows dedicated to listener interaction. Instead of taking away from our guest interviews with listener response questions at the beginning their shows, let’s just do two separate styles of The Inside Line. Today, we’re going hear the responses after I asked “are mountain bikes too expensive?” It seems to be a pretty relevant and hot topic these days and there was no shortage of quality replies from you out there, so thank you.Before we get into the responses, the next question in our listener response series will be “Is mountain bike design as good as it gets?"Have we topped out with quality, geometry, suspension, materials etc? I had a Santa Cruz Nomad in 2009. I said

Welcome mountain bikers! Thanks for tuning into The Inside Line podcast. Today we wrap up a candid interview with influential photographer, Ian Hylands. In part one we discussed his history and his impact on our sport, and today we get into his battle with Lyme disease and how that impacted his life. We dig into how he transitioned from a film photographer primarily shooting for print magazines to digital and internet-based work, his time as staff photographer at Niner Bikes, how he ended up at Deity components and a brief nod to the epic human we know as John Kerr, the photographer at Mountain Bike Action. We conclude with some photo tech with Ph.D-level insight into flash photography. It’s been an honor to have Ian on the show and I know you’ll enjoy the episode.At jensonusa.com, a long-time supporter of The Inside Line, you can get 20% off a single qualifying item when you use code SAVE20 at check out. Riding season is right around the corner, so get dialed at Jenson USA!Speaking of riding season, make sur

Welcome Mountain Bikers, this is The Inside Listener Response podcast. Maxxis Tires, Jenson USA and the Paydirt Fund help make The Inside Line possible.Last week at the beginning of the Ian Hylands interview, I threw out a question about social media and mountain biking and wanted to know what you think about it. In hindsight, it’s not much of a surprise that the responses were pretty thin. Two of you sent audio commentary and there was a write-in response which I’ll read. This listener response concept is new for me and is a learning process. it makes sense that, if you’re not in the business of media or content creation or being a paid athlete, that talking about social media might not be that interesting, but we’ll carry on. Thanks to Brian, Dylan and Jarrod for their responses this week.In addition to those, this week we have some of the best freeriders share their thoughts on this topic and more, too.Every winter, freeriders from the great white north make their way down to Reno, Nevada to visit Cam Zink

Welcome mountain bikers. Thanks for tuning in to The Inside Line and thanks for your patience this week. We had some technical difficulties with the recording of Ian Hylands that you’ll hear today, but I’m stoked to report the interview was recovered after some painstakingly repetitive work, and the stories and history await through this special talk with one of our sport’s most influential and inspiring photographers.Ian and I talked for almost 3 hours and I’ve broken it up into 2 parts. Today we’ll learn about his journey into mountain biking and photography, his incredible depth in the mountain bike scene with one of the first north shore photos to ever run in BIKE mag in the early 90s…his journeys as Darren Berrecloth launched his career in the mountain bike world, road trips with Voreis, Lenosky and chase and so much more and so much impact on what mountain biking is today, whether directly or indirectly through his imagery. we don’t even touch on half of what he’s done for our sport, but it’s an honor t

Welcome mountain bikers. A question was asked at the beginning of last week’s The Inside Line episode with Shimano’s Joe Lawwill. I wanted to try something new this year, to engage more with you, the listener, and I’m blown away by your responses. So much so, that I’m taking your feedback to create supplemental episodes with your opinions on the topic brought up.So, I began wondering why so many new mountain bike trails seem to be flow trails instead of natural trails. I wondered how this may impact the future of our sport. Are we making MTB too easy in general or do the benefits of getting new riders out on the bike safely outweigh any potential boredom long-time riders might experience on a flow trail. You all showed up with some great, diverse responses. There were even a few brave souls who recorded their thoughts and a bunch wrote in to weigh in on the topic, which is awesome. In this episode, I read the write-in responses and play the audio replies.If you have any questions or comments about the show, e

Shimano MTB Marketing Specialist, Joe Lawwill was one of the first people to ride a full-suspension mountain bike. His father, the legendary motorcycle racer, Mert Lawwill, made the bike some 30 years ago. From a budding motocross career that organically grew into a life in the cycling industry, Joe has been immersed in our sport for decades after being turned on to the speed of mountain biking while riding the infamous Repack trail with a young Myles Rockwell. Joe's pedigree of helping develop and test some of the most influential bikes of our sport's history has led him to a position at Shimano where he manages mountain bike racers and athletes in an effort to develop world-class product. Kyle Warner conducts this enlightening interview, filled with great stories about the past, as well as diving into where Joe sees mountain biking's future headed.Thank you - Maxxis TiresA big thanks goes out to Maxxis Tires as they continue to support The Inside Line. The Vital test crew just finished a shor

This week on The Inside Line, Kyle Warner hosts the show with two-wheeling destroyer, Barry Nobles. Stories of Barry growing up in Alabama and getting into bikes, finding BMX racing and turning that racing into a career are covered. Eventually, Barry adds mountain biking to his competitive focus, all while trying to make the Olympics for BMX. From Crankworx podiums to double backflips and gnarly crashes in the X-Games, Barry has found his path, learning from successes and failures throughout the years. He trusts his instincts and isn't slowing down one bit, still pushing competition in both BMX and MTB. Vital gives big thanks to Kyle for a great interview, it's an awesome show! Enjoy.The Inside Line is an exclusive mountain bike podcast produced by Vital MTB with support from Maxxis Tires, Jenson USA and The Gravity Cartel.

We're honored to have this interview with legendary BMX racer and cycling fanatic, Mike "Hollywood" Miranda. Kyle Warner sat down with Mike in Bentonville, Arkansas, a few months ago for a fun, a candid discussion detailing some of Mike's comedic and character-building childhood moments, his involvement with the cult classic movie, RAD, as well as getting more kids stoked on bikes as he works with Hyper Bikes, which are sold through Walmart. Thank you Kyle for the interview, and thank you Mike for a lifetime of inspiration!

Santa Cruz Bicycles commits to giving away $1 million to projects that increase access to trailsThis is our commitment to increasing access to quality trails. We’re pledging to give $1 million over the next three years to trail development projects, local and national advocacy organizations, events, and programs geared toward creating and strengthening access to trails.Santa Cruz wants to support activities that benefit riders and their local communities. And, we want to inspire others to do the same.Click photo to change size and captionPayDirt is about supporting grassroots organizations to do the silent work of advocacy to build or maintain the trails we all enjoy. Any group who has an idea or running project that increases access or improves the experience of mountain biking can apply to the PayDirt fund. Starting today.Apply today - www.santacruzbicycles.com/paydirtStarting November 19th we’re opening up the application process for local organizations and projects to apply for funding.Any project that in

As a kid, Carlos Matutes found freedom on a bicycle thanks to a local BMX track in his Texas town. Since then, he has continued to immerse himself in all forms of cycling, from BMX, to mountain biking, to road racing and endurance events. At one point, he even rode a rigid, fixed-gear mountain bike on the trails.Experience as a mechanic and working for a cycling parts distribution business has helped Carlos see all sides of our sport. He eventually found himself in Boise, Idaho, seeking life in the mountain west. His passion for bikes and making a difference in his community led him to the position of Executive Director of SWIMBA, Southwestern Idaho Mountain Bike Association. Carlos discusses what it means to be involved in your local trail advocacy group. It's not just about dig days or new trails, it's about a focused community and enrollment numbers that show local, regional and national governments that the mountain biking community is a force. He wants mountain biking to be accessible to people

We’re going to try something a little different this week and discuss the recent Red Bull Rampage event from three different perspectives. Rampage is the pinnacle of freeride mountain biking. Its imagery is iconic, the moves and consequences are only accomplished under its event conditions and never-been-done bike riding takes place every time it happens. Kyle Jameson was one of the event judges, Sean "Griz" McClendon made the 12-hour drive to Virgin, Utah, to be a spectator at the venue, and I was an online viewer of the event. Since Rampage is a judged, subjective event, opinions about lines, tricks and scores are all over the internet, so bringing the three different Rampage experiences together made for some interesting conversation.Thanks for listening and enjoying The Inside Line.The Inside Line is an exclusive mountain bike podcast produced by Vital MTB with support from Maxxis Tires, Jenson USA and The Gravity Cartel.